Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium OEM – Global key

Windows 7 Home Premium as an OEM licence is aimed at a very specific use: reactivating an older machine, rebuilding a period computer, running software or a peripheral that was never ported to recent systems. Let us be clear on this point: Windows 7 is no longer supported by Microsoft and no longer receives security patches. It should not serve as a main workstation permanently connected to the internet, but it remains useful on an offline PC or one dedicated to an isolated task.

What this edition offers

• Aero interface — translucent desktop, window previews, customisable themes.
• Windows Media Center — media playback and recording, present in the Home Premium edition.
• HomeGroup — simple sharing of files and printers between PCs in the same household.
• Application compatibility — support for many older software programs and drivers abandoned since.
• OEM licence — the key ties permanently to the motherboard of the PC on which it is activated. It is not transferable to another computer; replacing the motherboard invalidates the activation.

Note: this Home edition includes neither BitLocker, nor domain join, nor incoming Remote Desktop, which are reserved for the Pro and Ultimate editions.

Activation

Your activation key is sent by email within a maximum of 24 hours. Install Windows 7 Home Premium, then go to Control Panel > System and choose “Activate Windows now” to enter the key. Activation by telephone remains possible.

System requirements

1 GHz 32- or 64-bit processor, 1 GB of RAM in 32-bit or 2 GB in 64-bit, 16 GB of disk space (20 GB in 64-bit), DirectX 9 compatible graphics card with a WDDM 1.0 driver.

Buy Windows 7 in Switzerland

CHKEY is a Swiss company in Lausanne. You buy your Windows 7 licence in Switzerland, at a price in CHF and support in French by email.